Shadowing Practice: Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You will hear five short conversations.
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You will hear each conversation twice.
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There is one question for each conversation.
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For questions one to five, put a tick under the right answer.
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Here is an example.
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Example.
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How many people were at the meeting?
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Were there many people at the meeting?
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About 30.
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That's not many.
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No, but more than last time.
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The answer is 30.
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So there is a tick in box C.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Look at question one.
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One.
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When is the party?
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Hello.
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Hello Mary, it's Tom.
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Would you like to come to my birthday party?
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I'd love to.
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Your birthday's on Wednesday, isn't it?
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Yes, it is, but I'm having the party on Thursday.
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It's at my house.
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That sounds great.
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Thank you.
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Now listen again.
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Hello?
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Hello, Mary.
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It's Tom.
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Would you like to come to my birthday party?
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I'd love to.
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Your birthday's on Wednesday, isn't it?
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Yes, it is.
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But I'm having the party on Thursday.
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It's at my house.
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That sounds great.
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Thank you.
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Two.
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Where are the glasses?
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Are my glasses by the telephone?
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No. Where did you leave them?
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Well, I had them when I phoned Alice.
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Here they are, on the floor.
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Now listen again.
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Are my glasses by the telephone?
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No. Where did you leave them?
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Well, I had them when I phoned Alice.
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Here they are, on the floor.
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Three.
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How much are the shoes?
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Are these white shoes in the sale?
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Yes, they're ten pounds cheaper this week.
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So they're fifteen pounds sixty?
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That's right.
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Okay, I'll take them.
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Now listen again.
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Are these white shoes in the sale?
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Yes, they're £10 cheaper this week.
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So they're £15.60?
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That's right.
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OK, I'll take them.
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4.
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What will the weather be like in the afternoon?
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Would you like to play tennis this afternoon?
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I don't think we'll be able to.
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It's going to rain.
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But it's very sunny at the moment.
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Yes, I know.
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But it's going to change later.
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That's a pity.
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Now listen again.
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Would you like to play tennis this afternoon?
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I don't think we'll be able to.
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It's going to rain.
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But it's very sunny at the moment.
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Yes, I know.
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But it's going to change later.
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That's a pity.
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Five.
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What time will she take the train?
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Excuse me, is there a train to London at four o'clock?
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No, but there's one at a quarter to four, madam.
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That's too early.
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When's the one after that?
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Ten past five.
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Yes, I can catch that one.
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Now listen again Excuse me, is there a train to London at four o'clock?
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No, but there's one at a quarter to four, madam That's too early When's the one after that?
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Ten past five Yes, I can catch that one
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This is the end of part one.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: listen, glasses, shoes, afternoon, conversation. Este vídeo tiene 90 frases y 469 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:56. El hablante habla despacio, unas 79 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 26 de sus 90 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
shoe sustantivo/ˈʃu/zapato, taba
telephone sustantivo/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/teléfono
tennis sustantivo/ˈtɛnɪs/tenis
sunny adjetivo/ˈsʌni/asoleado, soleado
pity sustantivo/ˈpɪt.i/piedad, lástima
tick sustantivo/tɪk/garrapata, rezno
madam sustantivo/ˈmædəm/señora
hello/hɛˈloʊ/hola, holi
train sustantivo/ˈtɹeɪn/cola
glass sustantivo/ɡlɑːs/cristal, vidrio
conversation sustantivo/ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/conversación, plática
afternoon sustantivo/ˌæf.tɚˈnun/tarde
sale sustantivo/seːl/venta
floor sustantivo/flɔː/piso, suelo
catch verbo/kæt͡ʃ/capturar, agarrar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Would you like to come to my birthday party?
  • Are my glasses by the telephone?
  • Where did you leave them?
  • Would you like to play tennis this afternoon?
  • I don't think we'll be able to.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear · I'll take · will the
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirIt's going to rain · it's going to change
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm having

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they're, don't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/, weather /ˈwɛðɚ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como shoe, telephone, tennis.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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